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This chapter examines the role of Charity Organization Society (COS) head Stanley Greig Smith in expanding the role of the organization in Melbourne's welfare network. It explains that Smith was committed to the view that only modern case work that includes careful enquiry and the sifting of statements could place the socially dependent back on a plane of self-dependence. The effective of the COS system allowed it to take the role in training of workers for other agencies, including hospital almoners. This chapter suggests that the role of COS in Melbourne's welfare network certainly rested...

This chapter examines the role of Charity Organization Society (COS) head Stanley Greig Smith in expanding the role of the organization in Melbourne's welfare network. It explains that Smith was committed to the view that only modern case work that includes careful enquiry and the sifting of statements could place the socially dependent back on a plane of self-dependence. The effective of the COS system allowed it to take the role in training of workers for other agencies, including hospital almoners. This chapter suggests that the role of COS in Melbourne's welfare network certainly rested on Smith's immense energies and aspirations.